Water availability is a major factor constraining humanity's ability to meet the future food and
energy needs of a growing and increasingly affluent human population. Water plays an …

The widely reported claim that smallholders produce 70–80% of the world's food has been a
linchpin of agricultural development policy despite limited empirical evidence. Recent …

Numerous attempts have been made to estimate the share of the world's food produced by
family farms and by farms of different sizes. This paper updates estimates of the number of …

Smallholder farming is the most prevalent form of agriculture in the world, supports many of
the planet's most vulnerable populations, and coexists with some of its most diverse and …

Farm size plays a critical role in agricultural sustainability. This may have far-reaching
consequences for the economic and environmental performance of agricultural production …

Agricultural mechanization and custom machine services have developed rapidly in China,
which can influence rice production efficiency in the future. We calculate technical efficiency …

Although a great deal of research exists on gender and agriculture, few studies investigate
the implications of reduced gender disparities in households for technical efficiency. In this …

This paper investigates the relationship between farm size and land use efficiency in the
Brazilian Amazon. Based on data from the 2006 Brazilian Agricultural Census, we estimated …

The global demand for cashew nuts continues to increase steadily. However, many African
countries face difficulties in marketing and adding value to the product. Using recent survey …

This paper examines the agricultural productivity-farm size relationship in the context of
Bangladesh. Features of Bangladesh's agriculture help overcome several limitations in …